Everton successfully appeals and rises two places in the rankings

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Everton successfully appeals and suddenly rises to 15th place

Everton has earned back some points in court. Earlier in the season, the club received a points reduction of no less than ten points for allegedly breaking the Premier League's sustainability regulations.

The club appealed and that turned out to be successful. On Monday, the appeals committee ruled that Everton should not receive a ten, but six point reduction. That is why Sean Dyche's team 'deserves' four points and rises from seventeenth place to fifteenth place.

Arne Slot is ill and cannot attend Almere City-Feyenoord

Feyenoord coach Arne Slot is ill and will not be present at Almere City – Feyenoord on Sunday afternoon, it is known ESPNreporter Sinclair Bischop to report. Assistant coach Sipke Hulshoff does the honors. The match between Almere and Feyenoord starts at 2:30 PM.

NEC announces field seats during match against Sparta Rotterdam

Twenty people can experience the Eredivisie match between NEC and Sparta Rotterdam on Saturday evening in a special place: on seats along the line of the field, so-called 'field seats'. The Nijmegen club announced this through the official channels. “Field seats make the experience of a football match in the Goffert Stadium even more unique,” NEC said on its own website. “Tonight (Saturday, ed.) A pilot will be run in the Goffert Stadium. The aim of the pilot is to investigate the possibility of field seats at NEC, in order to be able to offer exclusive stadium seats at home games in the future.” NEC and Sparta kick off at 9:00 PM.

Ajax Legends selection for charity match announced

Ajax said it made a 'legendary announcement' on Saturday morning. The Amsterdammers share the selection via X for the charity match between the Liverpool Legends and Ajax Legends, which will be played at Anfield on March 23. Aron Winter, Danny Blind, Sjaak Swart, Jari Litmanen, Rafael van der Vaart and Ronald de Boer, among others, will participate in the special competition. All proceeds from the competition will be used for the LFC Foundation and the charities that work with it.

Joey Veerman named Player of the Week

Joey Veerman was the best player in the Champions League this week, as the general public decided when voting for the Player of the Week title. The PSV midfielder thus trumps Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) and Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid). The 25-year-old Veerman left an excellent impression on Tuesday evening during the home game against Borussia Dortmund in the eighth finals of the Champions League (1-1).

Luis de la Fuente no longer coach of Spain

The Spanish Football Federation has extended the contract of national coach Luis de la Fuente by two years. As a result, he is now tied up until the 2026 World Cup. De la Fuente's previous contract ran until the European Championship in Germany next summer, but it included an option of two more years. It has now been removed by the Spanish Football Association. The 62-year-old national coach, who was appointed to succeed Luis Enrique after the 2022 World Cup, led Spain to Nations League victory last year.

Stadio Olimpico will set an attendance record

The Europa League match between AS Roma and Feyenoord will set an attendance record on Thursday evening, the Roman newspaper assures Corriere Dello Sport. The expectation is that i Giallorossi will be supported by more than 67 thousand Romanists tonight. Due to the absence of Feyenoord supporters, around five thousand seats become available for their own supporters. The previous attendance record was set last season, but at least four hundred more supporters are expected to be present on Thursday evening. The first match in De Kuip ended in a 1-1 draw.

FC Utrecht without Taylor Booth for four to six weeks

FC Utrecht does not have Taylor Booth available for the time being. The American has suffered a knee injury, which will keep him out of action for about four to six weeks. It's a big setback for the Domstedelingen, as Booth was just starting to get into shape. In consecutive matches against FC Volendam (4-2 win) and Fortuna Sittard (4-0), the attacker scored no fewer than five times.

Feyenoord shares new matchday video for return in Rome

Feyenoord's social media team is also working towards the return of the Rotterdam team to AS Roma. In the interim round of the Europa League, the second leg is scheduled for Thursday evening at 9:00 PM in Stadio Olimpico. The Stadium club shared a beautiful matchday video last week for the 1-1 draw in De Kuip and has created a new and short sequel to the well-received piece of art especially for Thursday evening.

Arne Slot can call on Alireza Jahanbakhsh against AS Roma

Trainer Arne Slot has announced his 23-man squad for the away match against AS Roma. Alireza Jahanbakhsh also travels to the Italian capital with the Feyenoord selection. The experienced Iranian had to miss the home match against the Romans (1-1) due to a hamstring injury.

Talent Givairo Read is also part of the Rotterdam selection. In addition, Slot can simply call on Lutsharel Geertruida and Quinten Timber, who were back on the field after a short absence last Sunday during the 1-0 win over RKC Waalwijk. Furthermore, there are few surprises in the selection of the reigning national champion. Feyenoord awaits a difficult return in the Europa League on Thursday evening at 9:00 PM in Stadio Olimpico.

Liverpool will suffer a heavy setback in the title race

Diogo Jota will not play for Liverpool in the coming months. The Portuguese attacker suffered a knee injury against Brentford last Saturday (1-4 win) and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher. According to manager Jürgen Klopp, the recovery will take 'months'. The 2024 European Championship is not in danger.

Lindhout whistles AZ – Ajax; Makkelie to De Kuip

Allard Lindhout has to manage AZ – Ajax on Sunday afternoon. The KNVB announced on Monday that the 36-year-old referee is ultimately responsible for the match in the AFAS Stadium. Lindhout is assisted in Alkmaar by Rogier Honig and Freek Vandeursen. Jeroen Manschot acts as the fourth man, while Dennis Higler serves as the VAR. He is assisted by Stefan de Groot.

Remarkably, Lindhout was also in charge of Ajax – AZ earlier this season. That goal ended in a 1-2 victory for the away team, then led by Pascal Jansen. Lindhout was also the referee this season for Feyenoord – PSV (Johan Cruijff Scale, 0-1), FC Twente – PSV (0-3) and Feyenoord – FC Twente (0-0). The match between AZ and Ajax on Sunday afternoon starts at 4:45 PM.

Referees in semi-final of TOTO KNVB Cup
The Dutch Football Association also immediately announced the referees of the semi-final of the TOTO KNVB Cup. Sander van der Eijk will whistle on Tuesday, February 27, SC Cambuur – NEC. The other semi-final will be played two days later and will be between Feyenoord and FC Groningen. Danny Makkelie is then the referee in De Kuip.

Napoli sends Mazzarri away and quickly appoints a replacement

Napoli has fired Walter Mazzarri with immediate effect, the club reports through official channels. The 62-year-old Italian, who succeeded Rudi Garcia at the reigning national champions earlier this season, had only been the trainer in Naples since last November. Mazzarri was only seventeen games ahead of the group at Napoli. They won six times, drew three times and lost eight times.

The club has appointed Francesco Calzona as Mazzarri's successor. The trainer is currently the national coach of Slovakia and, remarkably enough, remains so. Calzona has signed a contract until the end of the season in Naples and will make his debut during Wednesday evening's Champions League clash with FC Barcelona.

Ajax Women draw Young Ajax Women

The women's teams of Ajax and Jong Ajax will meet in the quarter-finals of the TOTO KNVB Women's Cup, as the draw has shown. The Amsterdam teams are deliberately linked together, it is reported ESPN.

The KNVB takes this measure if both a young team and the main squad of a club reach the quarter-finals of the cup. This is to prevent a final between both teams. Last season, PSV and Jong PSV reached the semi-finals and the KNVB did not think that was desirable.

Full draw TOTO KNVB Cup Women:
Young Ajax – Ajax
Feyenoord – FC Twente
Fortuna Sittard – FC Utrecht
Excelsior – sc Heerenveen

Heracles and Limbombe do not agree to settlement proposal

Heracles Almelo and Bryan Limbombe have not agreed to the settlement proposal from the KNVB prosecutor, the club announced through official channels. The 22-year-old attacker received a red card after thirteen minutes in the away match against PSV (2-0). The KNVB prosecutor wanted to suspend Limbombe for three matches, one of which was conditional.

“We did not think the violation was worth a red card,” technical director Nico-Jan Hoogma noted on the club website. “It was a normal football violation by a player who was thrown off balance by his opponent and therefore ended up in the wrong position.”

“With the red card in the thirteenth minute, Bryan has already served a one-match suspension. We think that is more than enough.” Limbombe reports to the KNVB disciplinary committee in Zeist on Thursday evening.

Ajax's goal against was voted the most beautiful goal of the week

Albert Grønbæk's 0-1 on behalf of FK Bodø/Glimt against Ajax has been voted the best goal of this week in the Conference League. UEFA has announced this. Steven Berghuis's 2-2 in that same match finished in third place, while Josué (3-1 on behalf of Legia Warsaw against Molde FK) came second. Fourth place went to Mika Biereth (the 1-0 for Sturm Graz against Slovan Bratislava).

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